This conference will center on different historical themes (culture, religiosity, languages, politics, encounters) as well as address the “connectivity” between Iberia, North Africa and other Mediterranean lands and the nature of the global Mediterranean. Organized by Thomas Barton (USD), Marie Kelleher (CSULB), Antonio Zaldivar (CSUSM), Teofilo Ruiz (UCLA), and Zrinka Stahuljak (UCLA).

Celebrating the 70th anniversary of both the UCLA Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library and the UCLA Asian Languages & Cultures Department, the East Asian Library presents its third Zadankai. The speakers on two panels will discuss how to do transnational studies and its significance for the present conjuncture. They will share their methods, agendas, and philosophies in research and writing.